
How A Tree Became A Toy Village 

By Louise F. Encking Illustrated By Fritz Kiikenthal 











































































































































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From The Original Of Gerda Thelen 


Retold By 

LOUISE F. ENCKING 


JUNIOR PRESS BOOKS 

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1935 


Illustrated By 
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Copyright 1935 by Albert Whitman and Company 
Chicago, U. S. A. 


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Lithographed in U. S. A. 

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FOREWORD 

Books play an important part in answer¬ 
ing inquiries raised by children. The Toy 
Maker, so well illustrated in this little 
book, is for the purpose of showing little 
boys and girls what interesting toys can 
be made from what was once a tree grow¬ 
ing in the tall pine forest. It will instill in 
children a love for, and an interest in, 
work with the hands, which will remain with 
them during their entire life. 

Armand J. LaBerge 
Manual Arts Instructor 

Bryant Junior High School, 

Minneapolis, Minnesota. 













Here we are deep in the pine woods. The for¬ 
ester is showing the lumberman the trees which 
are for sale. So that the woodcutters will know 
which trees to cut, a workman paints white 
rings around their trunks. 


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After a few days, the woodcutters arrive with 
large crosscut saws and very sharp axes. They 
saw down the trees on which are white rings. 
The branches and twigs are chopped off at once 
and neatly piled. These will be sold later. The 
logs are then taken to the sawmill on a large 
wagon that is pulled by two strong horses. 


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At the sawmill the bark is stripped from the logs. 
Then the logs are cut into boards. Some of the 
boards are thick, some are thin. They are now 
ready to be sold to the carpenter. He buys 
both kinds. 



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Back in his own workshop, the carpenter takes 
a tool called a handsaw and cuts the large 
boards into small ones. Some are cut into long 
strips. When the boards are cut into the proper 
size, they are polished very smooth with another 
sharp tool called a plane, so that there will be 
no rough edges. 


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The toy maker, who wants to make a toy village, 
now comes to buy some of these boards from 
the carpenter. He buys two of the long strips. 
The tops of these have been pointed by the car¬ 
penter with his plane. 

The toy maker also buys one thin flat board. 

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In his workshop, the toy maker cuts the long 
strips into many smaller pieces. For this he uses 
a foxtooth saw. When they are cut, they look 
like houses but they still have rough edges and 
are not all straight. 

The toy maker must straighten the pieces and 
must smooth the edges. 


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With a sharp tool called a rasp, the crooked 
sides are straightened out. With another tool 
called a file the edges are made smooth so that 
there will be no splinters. 

The houses are now quite ready but they all look 
alike. The toy maker wishes to have a school 
house and a church in the toy village. 



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So, with his brush and some hot glue, the toy 
maker glues a high steeple on one of the long 
houses. This will be the village church. 

On the roof of another house, he glues a small 
tower. This will be the school house. 

The houses that are glued in this way must be put 
into a tight wooden clamp until the glue is dry. 

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So that none of the houses of the village will get 
lost, the toy maker next builds a chest. With a 
queer-looking tool called a coping saw he saws 
the thin board into six pieces of the propersize. 
The smooth pieces are nailed together with a 
hammer and nails. The cover of the chest is 
fastened on with two hinges. 



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Now the glue is dry, so the toy maker takes the 
houses from the clamp and polishes them 
smooth with sand paper. This takes off all the 
drops of glue and also all splinters. The toy 
maker then paints these houses different colors. 
The toy maker also makes some tiny trees with 
red trunks. And when he is almost through, he 
paints the chest red and green. 


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The finished, brightly colored toy village is 
then carried to the toyshop. There the toy vil¬ 
lage is at once put into the show window. Many 
boys and girls admire it and wish they might 
get it for a Christmas present. 



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One mother, who has twins—a boy and a girl- 
helps Santa Claus fill his orders and buys the 
toy village. 

She also buys a small Christmas tree. She 
carries both of them home with her. 


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On Christmas Day the twins shout for joy when 
they find that Santa Claus has left them the 
toy village. 

What fun they have building the new bright 
village under their Christmas tree! 


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